The Moon that Wasn't The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite /

This book details the history of one of astronomy’s many spurious objects, the satellite of Venus. First spotted in 1645, the non-existing moon was observed more than a dozen times until the late eighteenth century. Although few astronomers believed in the existence of the moon after about 1770, it...

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Main Author: Kragh, Helge. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Science Networks. Historical Studies, 37
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8909-3
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